Convergence and Divergence of Space-Time
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
Lines of Longitude
They all converge at the poles
Globally as One
In a field of Space and Time
Described as quantum physics.
Lines of Latitude
All spaced at fifteen degrees
Globally diverge
And thus are separated
Three hundred sixty degrees.
Observed by Einstein
This is a phenomenon
A global system
Of Existential Physics
With Time as a dimension.
Earthly observers
We are coordinated
In a global field
Lined longitudinally
And latitudinally.
The horizontal
Is a line of latitude
That diverges Space
With every fifteen degrees
Representing one time-zone.
And the vertical
Is a line of longitude
That converges Time
Since these all meet at the poles
The Northern and the Southern.
Neil deGrasse Tyson
As an astrophysicist
Poses this question:
“Given these realities
What time is it at the poles?”
The answer is found
In posing of the question:
A matter of perspective
Since we are all observers
The answer for all is “Now.”
About this poem
The Elusive Ephemeral Nature of Time: On a Utube channel website post American astrophysicist Neil DeGrasse Tyson, in an impish manner, playfully poses this question in the form of a Rumpelstiltskin riddle, and without offering the answer: “Not that anybody asked, but lines of longitude (meridians) on Earth demark time, but lines of latitude (parallels) diverge, with every fifteen degrees approximately representing one time zone. Yet all lines of longitude meet at the poles. So what time is it at the poles?” I am a retired educator and professor of psycholinguistics. The use and understanding of languages is a fascination for me, always the teacher that is ever a student. DeGrasse Tyson’s intriguing question belongs to the field of Existential Physics that examines the puzzling enigmatic phenomena of the hypothetical past, present, and future, with the observation of what is depicted in the field of theoretical physics as “The Block Universe Theory” (the coexistence of past, present and future), with the associated phenomenon of the “Now” that is observer-dependent; and where it is proposed that all time exists in the now, neither past nor future, but in the “now” existential state. Thus, the answer that DeGrasse Tyson anticipates as being “correct,” must be that of an observer-dependent “now,” where each of us in an Observer-Dependent Block Universe, and within a coordinated system of a global universe, independently construct time collectively within an observer-dependent framework. This eight-stanza extended Japanese-style poem is composed particularly with children in mind to whet their appetite and their native curiosity to pose interesting questions and to solve perplexing problems. more »
Written on August 02, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on August 02, 2022
Modified by karlcfolkes on August 04, 2022
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Scheme | ABCDE AFXXF XXXEC GXXHH HAXFX HADBX CXCFB XCXGX |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 949 |
Words | 183 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5 |
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